/* write0.c * * purpose: send messages to another terminal * method: open the other terminal for output then * copy from stdin to that terminal * shows: a terminal is just a file supporting regular i/o * usage: write0 ttyname */ #include #include main( int ac, char *av[] ) { int fd; char buf[BUFSIZ]; /* check args */ if ( ac != 2 ){ fprintf(stderr,"usage: write0 ttyname\n"); exit(1); } /* open devices */ fd = open( av[1], O_WRONLY ); if ( fd == -1 ){ perror(av[1]); exit(1); } /* loop until EOF on input */ while( fgets(buf, BUFSIZ, stdin) != NULL ) if ( write(fd, buf, strlen(buf)) == -1 ) break; close( fd ); }